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Y SEALING DEVIGB FOR JARS., 50. NO. 280,938.

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ANTON LUGER, OF ALVIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY..

SEALING DEVICE FOR JARS, ew.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,938, dated July 10, 1883.

' Application filed February 19, 1883. (Nc'modcl.)

`To a/ZZ whom, t may concern Beit known that-"l, ANTON LUGER, of the city of Vienna, in the Empire oi' Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing lDevices for J ars and other Vessels, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to construct a sealing device which may be applied to vessels of any kind-such as cans, jars, bottles, Stef-and which may either be permanently or removably attached to thevessel to be sealed; and the invention consists of a ring-shaped band, having projections at one side for a hinged strap applied to the cover, lid, or stopper, and guide-lugs and a projecting tooth or teeth at the opposite side for a toothed locking-bar, which is hinged to the strap and re.

tained on the projecting t'ooth by a suitable clamping device.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vert-ical section of my sealing mechanism applied to the mouth oi' a jar or other vessel; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same with the cover or lid removed. Fig. 3 shows in the same manner as Fig. l a modification of the sealing device. Fig. 4 shows the application of my sealing device to the half-cover of a metal can. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are details of the mechanism shown in Figs. l and 2, and Figs. 8, 9, and l0 are details of the arrangement shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.'

.In the Letters Patent granted to me heretofore for improvements in j ars, which were numbered 286,3?5, and dated October 24, 1882, a sealing device is shown which is permanently connected with the jar or vessel. The sealing device forming the subject of this application is independent of and separate from the vessel, and may be adjusted upon and taken oft' the same at will. It is evident that this locking or sealing device may be made of any size or form, so as to be employed not only for cans, jars, and bottles, but also for any other and larger vessels.

This new locking or sealing device consistsl of a ring-shaped metallic band, a, whose inside diameter approximately corresponds to the outside of the neck or part near the *i mouth'of the vessel upon whichiit is to be used. The band a. may be formed of two halves or of one piece or band open on one lside. `At this open part of the band a the ends of the same are bent outward and edgewise upward, in the manner shown in Figs. l and 2, so that an open space is left between the two ends. A screw or rivet, c, passes at about the middle of the band c through the lower part of the ends b, by means of which screw c the band a is secured tightly around the neck of the vessel. To prevent a bending out of shape of ends b by the screw c being drawn too tight, a ferrule or smallpiece of tube, d, may beplacedupon screw c, as shown in Fig. 2.4 In place of tube d, a removable' handle, as indicated in Fig. l, may be placed upon said screw, which handle serves the same purpose. The lower end of the handle is attached in any suitable manner to the base of the vessel. The upright ends b of band c are near their upper end provided with horizontall of pin c, so that the cover of the vessel and its fittings can never be strained, and the former finds readily its seat on the jar or other vessel. The strap f is fitted between the ends b of band c, which ends or lugs may be of one piece with baud c, as described, or separate and fastened in suitable manner to the latter, as shown in Fig. 3. Strap f may be short and fastened to one side of the cover, lid, or stopper, or it may extend across to the opposite side of the mouth of the vessel, where it carries a pin, g', upon which swings the locking-bar g. This locking-bar is, on its inner side, serrated or provided with one or more teeth, h. These teeth h. interlock with one or more teeth, z', arranged at the opposite side of band e. The tooth or teeth z' are situated between two projections or lugs, la, which carry a clamping device for preventing the accidental disengaging of the teeth 1i and 'L'. This clamping device consists of a small plate, Z, Fig. 6, having a stem, in, which latter slides in a hole in the small plate oz., that connects the lugs 7c at or near their end.

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Plate Z is guided by means of its two projections o in slots of lugs k, as shown in Fig. 4.

Between the fixed platea and the sliding plate- 'reason for having several teeth instead of one,

either on the locking-bar g or on the band a, is'the same as that stated for providing the f ends b with several slots, as already mentioned--vi-z., to compensate for the bending of any of the parts, or for the giving of the elastic pack1ng-r1ng or gasket, where such is ein-v ployed.

It is evident that the mechanism. described can be tted to any cover, lid, or stopper of any form, size, or material. As already mentioned, strap f may extend right across `the cover or/stopper, and be of one piece, or two short pieces oi' metal, for carrying pins eand g',

respectively, may be substituted therefor and fastened in suitable manner on opposite points of the cover, lid, or stopper.

As shown by Fig. 4, my sealing or locking -device may also readily be adapted for cans with a cover having a fixed portion, t, and a hinged portion, u. Where an elastic gasket is to be employed, I prefer to make the cover, lid, or'stopper of two halves, between which the gasket r is placed, as shown in Fig. 3, the parts being held together by a screw or rivet, s.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-e The combination, Vwith a cover, lid, or stopper for vessels, of' ringshaped band a, having slotted lugs b Z at one side and a toothed proj ection, z', at the opposite side, with a strap, f, attached to the cover, lid, .or stepper and hinged to the slotted lugs b b, toothed lockingbar g, hinged to strap f, and a clamping device embracing a xed plate, a sliding plate, and a spring, by which the locking-bar g is held in engagement with the toothed projection z', sub- .stantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 11th day of J anuary, 1883. v ANTON LUGER.

Vitnesses: i

WILLIAM HNiNG, J AMEs RILEY WEAVER.

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